Scriptural Legitimacy of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Christology Thesis
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Damir Zig
Lucy Trahan
A Thesis
In
The Department
Of
Theological Studies
Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the Degree of Master of Arts (Theological Studies) at
Concordia University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
November 2012
© Lucy Trahan, 2012
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
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By: Lucy Trahan
Entitled:
and submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Arts (Theological Studies)
complies with the regulations of the University and meets the accepted standards with respect to
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_______________________________ Examiner
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____________2012
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ABSTRACT
Is there Scriptural Legitimacy for
Lucy Trahan
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, publishers and distributors of all
documents used and disseminated by
God the Father and that he is the first of his creation, and therefore not co-eternal or co-equal
with him. The focus of this thesis is to investigate early Christian primary and secondary
sources as well as contemporary scholarly opinions and compare them to Watchtower
legitimate interpretation of this expression
and whether their Christology can be reconciled with New Testament writings. Based on the
traditional Christian hermeneutical reappropriation of Hebrew texts and the traditional
understanding of the entire Christian canon of Sripture, the claim that the Son must be a
created being does not truly find irrefutable substantiation.
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